LETTERS

The mother of an ancient king advised her son as he ascended the throne to "speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy."

We have the opportunity as voters to do just that this November. There are such people who literally have no voice, no power to assemble, no economic leverage to influence the masses, the politicians or those that claim to defend human rights.

Not once does a child being born stop to say, "Hey, can we rethink this?"

They have no voice, no money, no power, no vote. But we do. Vote yes on Initiative 694.

Kevin & Cyndi Gilman

Bremerton

Kitsap County Commission

We need Carl Johnson

To the Editor:

Kitsap County needs Carl Johnson for county commissioner, with his business, management and financial training and years of experience in these disciplines. His progressive thinking on economic base growth will bring more jobs to Kitsap, which will also increase our tax base.

We need Carl's integrity, decency and commitment to the taxpayers to fix Kitsap County.

Shirley J. Brown

Poulsbo

Congressional Candidate

A matter of judgment

To the Editor:

The position of First District candidate Jay Inslee that perjury by an elected official is not impeachable is corrupt. The very concept that the writers of our Constitution would think a deception to protect oneself in a court of law is justified is absurd, in particular applying that concept to elected officers.

The founding fathers took extensive measures in their writings that the people of America are equal under the law and individuals would be held accountable for their actions. Elected officials should be held to the letter of the law. If not, it would create two very different and distinct legal arenas. One arena would apply to the people of this nation and one arena, which would be higher, to the elected official.

Think of the consequences when elected officers work and live in a different legal arena. Yes, Mr. Inslee, we are tired of this, but support of Bill Clinton leads me to question your judgment.

William Irons

Poulsbo

Poulsbo

Don't dissolve districts

To the Editor:

I encourage all voters in the Poulsbo port district to vote "no" on Proposition 1.

There are currently three commissioner districts, and keeping the three districts will ensure that local representation is maintained. This proposition, if passed, would eliminate commissioner districts. This could result in two neighbors or two liveaboard boaters being on the commission. Since two commissioners constitute a quorum, they would control how your tax dollars would be spent. Legislation may then be directed toward benefiting a few users, rather than benefiting the entire port.

Presently, candidates for port commissioner must live in the correct district to run for office when a term expires, but the candidates will be elected by voters from entire port district.

Keeping districts is a way of keeping local control. This is also seen on the county, state and national levels - so let's keep our districts.

Antonio DeCarlo

Poulsbo

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